Shellfish beds to reopen from Little Egg Inlet to Cape May Point

Nov. 15, 2012

TRENTON — State officials announced they will reopen Atlantic and Cape May county shellfish beds at sunrise on Thursday.

“All of the New Jersey state waters of the Atlantic and Cape May counties from Little Egg Inlet to Cape May Point are open to their prior shellfish classification,” the state Department of Environmental Protection announced Wednesday night.

The announcement also included a partial re-opening of waters to harvest surf clams under the Bait Program, effective immediately.

“Surf clams harvested under this permit are for bait only, and not for human consumption,” state officials stressed.